we'll be following this very closely and finding out what the butler, what happens to the butler next. thank you very much. u.s. government has reportedly been holding secret meetings about the growing threat of al qaeda in north africa. we'll look at how serious that threat is. >>> a fight against al qaeda has the u.s. increasingly focused on north africa. "the washington post" reports the white house has been holding secret meetings to examine this threat and considers for the first time to launch unilateral strikes in the region. peter, you know the area very well. we've seen mali, tunisia, library area lot of problems developing with al qaeda and terrorists. do you believe that the administration is now looking at that area in a very different way and that there's an increased threat? >> reporter: well, "the washington post" piece certainly indicates that there's been secret meetings to kind of consider the possibility of strikes in the region and i think that sort of speaks for itself. the administration doesn't want to be caught flat footed as it was with al qaeda in the arabian